TV Pick: Millionaire Boy Racers

We've all dreamed about switching our rail commute for a
convertible Bugatti Veyron, Aston Martin or McLaren MP4-12C - but these days, who has the
garage space? Thanks to Channel 4's new documentary, now we know
the answer - Russian oligarchs, ultra-rich tourists from the Middle
East and other ostentatious denizens of London's Chelsea and
Knightsbridge. This one-hour special reveals occasionally
unglamorous reality of owning a supercar in the capital, including
the ever real threat of getting clamped and ending up plastered
across the Evening Standard. Still, the upside is a
boom for supercar dealers and petrol heads, who scour the richest
neighbourhoods to gawk at the ultra-rare machinery roaring through
the West End - or more likely, stuck behind a Waitrose delivery
truck on the King's Road.

Millionaire Boy Racers is on tonight at 10pm on Channel
4.

Oliver Franklin-Wallis

Oliver Franklin is Assistant Editor of Wired and a GQ contributor. Follow him on Twitter @olifranklin.